A Day at the Beach
Photo by Chris Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Sunday, Aug. 10th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Church Services
- 9:30-11:30AM - Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
- 10AM-3PM - Country Market
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-3PM - Gold Rush Days
- 10AM-5PM - 35th Annual Golden Fine Arts Festival
- 12PM - Designing Quilting Motifs
- 12-6PM - The Fyne Art of David Lozeau
- 2PM - Assassins
- 5-9PM - Board Game Night
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10AM-5PM 35th Annual Golden Fine Arts Festival
Photos by Dave Powers
A Golden icon for three decades, Golden Fine Arts Festival is a prestigious juried art show located in the heart of historic downtown Golden, Colorado.
The event, rich in community tradition and a well-established reputation, is limited to 100 artist booth spaces. Artists are selected through a competitive jury process selected by art professionals. Traditionally, over half of participating Artists travel to Golden from outside of the state of Colorado. Colorado is also home to many talented Artists who participate at the event each year. Cash prizes are awarded to 1st and 2nd place winners in nine categories, as well as Best of Show and Best of Colorado honors.
Produced by the Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden Fine Arts Festival is a favorite of those who value an attentive and welcoming ‘home hospitality’ of Golden, Colorado for artists and patrons alike.
Location:
11th Street Between Arapahoe and Maple (map)
10AM-3PM Country Market @ Golden Hayride Outpost
Join us for another season of the weekly Country Market at Golden Outpost on Sundays, June through October!
The weekly Country Market features locally grown produce, cottage law food products, and local craft artisans. They have a full bar with indoor and outdoor seating, so you can enjoy a meal and relax with a beverage while shopping the amazing vendors and delicious produce at the Country Market.
More information
Location:
Golden Hayride Outpost
17695 South Golden Road (Map)
10AM Gold Rush Days @ The Railroad Museum
Celebrate Colorado’s Gold Rush heritage and ride behind one of the last coal-fired steam locomotives operating in Colorado. Activities will include Gold Panning demonstrations, turntable demonstrations, and more happening around the Museum’s 15-acre railyard. Plenty of photo opportunities will of course also be on hand—including the Museum’s very own mascot, Spike the Railroad Dog! Food and tasty treats will also be available for purchase. More information
Location:
Colorado Railroad Museum
17155 W. 44th Avenue (Map)
4-7:30PM Sunday Swing Supper Club @ The Buffalo Rose
A special evening for fans of big band and swing dancing at the historical Buffalo Rose in downtown Golden. Doors open and delicious food service starts at 4:00. Learn to swing dance with a free dance lesson 4:00-5:00! Then enjoy entertaining live BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC from 5:00 to 7:30 by the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra - featuring Deborah Stafford. Dance or just enjoy the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more played on one of Colorado great historic stages. All ages welcome.
Dance or just listen to the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more.
All ages welcome – under 18 with a guardian.
Tickets
Location:
The Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (Map)
Live Music for Sunday, Aug. 10th
- 3-6PM Alibi @ Golden Mill
- 4-7:30PM Sunday Swing @ The Buffalo Rose
- More Live Music
2:30-4:30 Sunday Afternoon in the Saddle @ Windy Saddle
3-7PM Jewel & the Rough @ Wrigley’s
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Catch Me If You Can
DeCaprio/Hanks movie and Metals Hall in the Green Center
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47 Years Ago
The August 10, 1978 Golden Transcript included an article titled “Retired con artist to conduct business fraud seminar here.”
Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. estimated by the FBI to have passed $2.5 million in bad checks, will be conducted a business fraud seminar at Metals Hall on the Colorado School of Mines campus Aug. 15, Colorado Retail Council (CRC) executive director Lee Bennet has announced.
The article called Abagnale “the world’s greatest retired con-man.”
Thirty years old, Abagnale began his career after dropping out of the tenth grade. With an IQ of 136, and a zest of making people believe he was whatever he pretended to be, he successfully passed himself off as a pilot for a major U.S. airline; worked as a lawyer on a state attorney general’s staff and successfully prosecuted 33 civil suits; was a consulting resident pediatrician in a Georgia hospital; and impersonated an FBI agent.
This all sounded familiar, and I realized that Abagnale’s story was the basis of a 2002 movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the con-man and Tom Hanks as the FBI agent who tracked him down: Catch Me If You Can.
It was a good movie! It’s available from the library.
Weather
This Afternoon: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 84 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 59, with temperatures rising to around 61 overnight. North northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday: A chance of rain showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Sunday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 74°F
Sunday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 55°F
Monday: Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 81°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 60°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 85°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 92°F
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 65°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 65°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 91°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
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Sponsors:
($100/month and up)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Golden Hayride Outpost, Unite Fitness, Tom Reiley, Michael Mason, Colorado Railroad Museum, and Goosetown Station
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Kurt & Janet Siegfried, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Robert Thresher, and Tonie Mattox
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $110/yr)
Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, and Mary Rains, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, and Eileen Masterson
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Kim Linton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, and Peyton Gibson
